If it smells and tastes ok, then my guess is it's just how the kit
comes out. I don't do red kits but noticed than on some whites the
colour was pretty deep gold, which also doesn't happen for fresh white
juice.

Pp

On Dec 5, 3:26 pm, Dave Allison > wrote:
> Hi.
> I started the above kit Nov 15, 2005 and bottled it July 2006. The
> instructions said at least 6 months, so I just opened my first bottle
> this month (December).
>
> The nose is ok, the taste is ok, but the color has a brown-ish base to
> it. If I am reading the googling I did and the websites of experts -
> this means it is oxidized and may not last much longer.
>
> Has anyone else done this kit and is yours a brown-ish base to it? Maybe
> I did something wrong, I never let the airlocks dry.
>
> DAve